how does this sound for a days meal? please! im dieting.?

Question

okay
breakfast:
Danone yogurt
ready brek (nothing in)

lunch:
pasta and tuna and an apple

tea:
not sure yet

but is that okay so far, i'm trying to diet?

Answer 1

In the morning you should eat something PACKED with fiber and protein. This will give you the sense of being full much longer as well as get your energy level up. Your yogurt is filled with sugar which your body turns into fat. And you will be hungry very soon after. Try this:
I make myself a ziplock baggie that I munch on my way to work. I put in it: Fiber One (which actually tastes much better than you would think), whole raw almonds, dried cranberries, and Bare Naked Granola. I'm barely hungry for lunch at 1:00. And eventhen I have to make myself eat. At lunch, AVOID pasta. Again, your body converts it to sugar which is turned into fat. Eat grilled chicken, a turkey sandwich (no mayo), low fat soup, a salad. Along those lines...

Tea: GREEN TEA, and water. You need to drink a lot of water. one ounce for every pound you way each day. This can come in your soup and tea, etc. So don't think you have to drink 2 gallons of water by itself... but close!

Dinner, what I make a point to do every night is eat a big salad. Spinach, red peppers, tomoatoes, carrots, etc. Then I eat less of whatever is for dinner, because I'm filled up on my vitamin and mineral packed salad.

Fruit: Eat fruit for dessert.

Proteins and Carbs: Do not eat together. Eat your carbs at least 20 minutes before your proteins. What happens is protein is a sustained energy. It digests slow. Carbs is a quick energy which digests quickly. Eat them together and they battle eachother. End result: BLOAT and GAS!!!

Dieting should not be about punishing yourself. It should be about changing your lifestyle. Getting used to being healthy. Starting to want healthier choices. NOT wanting or eating grease and fast foods. Avoiding, but not completely eliminating things you enjoy that are not necessarily good for you. It's called proportion control.

For an ice cream treat, try the Skinny Cow ice cream. They taste SOOOOOO fricken good. They only have like 1 gram of fate and 140 calories and you can't even tell. I love those things.

Don't forget about exercise. Remember, a person who lifts weights burns calories when they are plopped in front of the TV! Yep!

Good Luck!

Answer 2

In addition to its high sugar content, yogurt has a bunch of stuff in it that I don't consider to be good to eat. What's a ready brek?

Pasta is good if it's whole grain, otherwise, it's processed and pure junk. (It's the white bread, pasta, rice, etc., that the body quickly digests, I think.) Tuna, eh. I've heard that it's one of the most mercury filled fish. (I didn't eat much fish before I became a vegetarian as I didn't care for it.) For me, it would be whole wheat pasta with some tofu or a crumpled veggie burger for extra protien, and veggie tomato sauce and steamed veggies on the side or mixed in.

For an afternoon snack I would have the fruit.

Also, for dinner, I have some form of whole grain, protein and veggies. (Some veggies are great sources of many vitamins and nutrients that I don't always worry if I'm lacking.)

I don't get much gas, though I did at the beginning of my pregnancy. (I'm in my ninth month.) I don't get much bloating, either. However, I do drink plenty of water so that might help with that.

Anyway, this is just me. I also agree with the person who gave advice on the ingredients list. If it contains corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, fructose (another chemical sugar), partially hydrogenated or fully hydrogenated oils artificial flavors and other man-created stuff I don't buy it. I also look at the sodium and sugar content. Usually, I go for under 10 grams of sugar. If I know it's all natural sugar, I might go up a little higher. If the sodium content is too high, such as over 10% of the reccomended daily amount, I don't get it. Some food might cost a little more, like my husband and me buying low sodium canned tomatoes and organic canned beans, but it's worth it in the long run. (Processed "food" might be cheap in the short run, but is it really worth it if you have health problems down the road?)

I suggest you don't "diet". Just eat good, real, healthy meals.

Answer 3

That sounds fine.

Wholegrain pasta is much better than the standard white pasta... but don't listen to people who tell you to cut out carbs all together! Your body needs them. It's a good idea not to have them late at night though, as your body won't have time to process the energy.

The absolute best way to lose weight and look after yourself is to do a little more exercise. Try something fun, like skipping, or riding a bike. Swimming is excellent. Or even just going for a walk.

Good luck and take care!

Answer 4

Careful with the pasta there! Noodles are very high in calories. If you have a kitchen scale, take a few noodles out, weigh them and see on the package how many calories they are. You might find the result rather shocking.

I usually eat tuna and pasta and mix it up with a little zero-cal dressing to give it a bit of flavor, but I weigh out exactly how many calories I want from the pasta. Also, if you like pasta, try going for the whole wheat variety.

Other than that, it looks good. Choose a low fat yoghurt! or no-fat.

Answer 5

One of the best things that I can recommend is to eat more frequently, but less per sitting. Usually it is good to keep something around that is healthy to snack on, and not really to focus on 3 major meals. If you think of your metabolism as a fire, and the food as wood, it helps. You can keep adding small logs frequently to keep the fire burning hot, or you can just throw a stack on it 3 times a day and have a bonfire for about an hour.
As far as foods go, just look at your ingredients and nutrition info. If any items have more than 5 ingredients you cannot pronounce easily, you might rethink eating it.

Answer 6

The key to any diet is moderation. You have to eat enough to get your daily nutrients, but you shouldn't eat so much that you're stuffed every time. Portion control is key! Your main dish should only be the size of your fist (like a breast of chicken).

That sounds like a good start, but you will need to keep it up for AT LEAST 2 months before you see results. If you are only dieting, then most likely 3 months before results. Don't get discouraged, because the weight will start coming off, you just have to be patient.

Answer 7

You need more food than this, if you eat too little your body will hold onto everything that you're trying to lose.
For instance: Breakfast : cereal/yogurt/ In-between breakfast and lunch: banana Lunch: tuna/pasta with salad & piece of wheat bread Inbetween lunch and dinner: granola bar/grapes Dinner: healthy choice dinner/salad/piece of wheat bread. Somthing like this.
Try to keep at least 1200-1500 calories coming in, and try to take perhaps a short walk daily.

Answer 8

I think anything in moderation is fine. As long as you exercise and follow a good diet regime! It's too hard for me to diet so I just try and eat right and exercise!

Good Luck to ya! Ü

Answer 9

yeah, i guess it's ok for a diet but i'd be starving if that's all i ate in one day. i recently went on a diet that worked for me.
for breakfast, i had toast and orange marmalade. for lunch, i usually have a small salad. for supper, baked chicken and steamed broccoli. and drink water through out the day.

Answer 10

It looks good, similar to what I might eat, but dont try to just not eat anything or as little as you can. That wont help it will actually hurt you because it will slow down your metabolism and you may feel hungrier later in the day. BUt sounds good.